JesusChrysler
...drives a Dodge ; )
Holy crap is this a movie review or did I stumble upon a "cables make no difference" thread.......
Geez guys!
Matt
Geez guys!
Matt
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Those movies were before Smokey and the Bandit, so it was actually Jackie Gleason who was the bad Sheriff J.W. Pepper wanna be.
Actually, in the early books Bond's Bentley was rebuilt from a wreck. Expensive, but not "brand-new Aston Martin" expensive.
There was only no apparent purpose if you wanted there to be no purpose. There was a strong theme of cutting ties with the past to secure the future.
Buying guns on short order in Scotland, even hunting weapons, would be unrealistic.
I quite liked Goldeneye and thought Brosnan fit the role nicely. Agree that he could deliver, if the script did.
The suit doth not make the man. Just imagine, if you will, attempting to do anything "physical" dressed like some prior Bond men. Yeah right.
All this suits and speech is all shtick and nothing more. Bond is the AGENT, first and foremost. I'm not into glam, and prior Bonds were more glam than recent, thank God.
I too don't argue the point about the fit or look of the latest fashion in Bond, but honestly when do you appreciate them? Briefly when speaking with a Bond "woman", at the office taunting Money Penny? The bulk of the Bond movie experience is espionage and action. Neither of which requires dashing good looks. Enough about the suits please.
JesusChrysler
...drives a Dodge ; )
Heh heh heh.
Matt
Matt
I won't argue with your take on the importance of the clothing. Some people won't care about the cars either.
But, you are dead wrong about the suits. The suits worn by Connery in the early movies are so well tailored, that they do not bind anywhere. A well tailored suit gives you total freedom of movement. It allows you to pretty well do anything, without any restrictions. If all you have worn is off the rack suits, you really need to get a decently tailored one. Not just a "made to measure", which merely minimizes a bad fit. But rather a proper suit made to your body. There are reasons that they are not cheap, and require multiple visits and fittings to get right. Off the rack suits are the BPC of the sartorial world.
cubdog
banging through drywall
Well, he was the oldest Bond. He was somewhere in mid 50s in "View to a Kill"; Connery was 41 in "Diamonds are Forever", his last official Bond.
I meant right now!
And the problem with tailored suits is the guy in them keeps changing dimensions. I marvel at the engineering detail of my one tailored suit--and the fact that I ever fit in it. I'm hoping to eventually forget the 20 minutes I spent on the floor tugging and pulling in an effort to get into it for a funeral. I plan to wear it one more time--to mine.
I always got endless compliments in it and the mortician won't have to wrestle so much, as he can simply cut it up the back. Between the low cost of cremation and the cost of that suit, the total for the Bonfire of My Vanity will work out about the same as the average burial.
Except in Never say Never again. I think he wore a toupee in that Movie, what was he, 52?
Huh, I googled that, seems Sean Connery wore a wig in all his movies from the first Bond onwards. Pretty good one then, except his last movie where it's kind of obvious.
I guess Bond isn't allowed to be bald? He wasn't allowed to be Blonde either, but that's changed.
Connery started going bald at a young age.
Yup, they are a need if you want to know what a suit should look, and more importantly, FEEL like. It's a need, just like a room full of audio equipment is a need.
cubdog
banging through drywall
Yup, they are a need if you want to know what a suit should look, and more importantly, FEEL like. It's a need, just like a room full of audio equipment is a need.
Well damn Eric I can't even argue with that logic. Well played.
cubdog
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